[NEohioPAL] "The Philadelphia Story" opening Thanksgiving Weekend at Coach House Theatre

[Nancy Cates]

COACH HOUSE THEATRE

Box Office: 330-434-7741

732 W. Exchange Street

Akron, OH 44302

coachhousetheatre.com

 

Spend the holidays in Philly!

"The Philadelphia Story" comes to Coach House Theatre

Nov. 25 to Dec. 18, 2011

$12 Preview Performance, Friday, Nov. 25 (only!)

 

Join Coach House Theatre in Akron for a charming "screwball comedy" for
Christmastime, The Philadelphia Story!

In this classic play which inspired the Academy Award-winning movie, a
society girl (Tess Burgler) tries to prepare for her wedding amidst the
chaos created by her philandering father, snoopy tabloid reporters, and her
handsome ex-husband (Joe Pine.) 

The Philadelphia Story, by Philip Barry, will be presented Nov. 25-Dec. 18.
Curtain times are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., with Sunday
matinees at 2:30 p.m. Dinner or Brunch is available to all theatre patrons
prior to every performance at the Akron Woman's City Club next door. 

There will be a special $12 preview performance Friday, Nov. 25 only, at 8
p.m. (Please note that although previews are usually on Thursday nights,
this one is on Friday because of Thanksgiving.) 

The official opening night is Saturday, Nov. 26.  Group rates for holiday
gatherings or office celebrations are available. 

Tickets are $18. The box office opens one hour before the show. Coach House
Theatre is located at 732 W. Exchange Street, in Akron, next to the Akron
Woman's City Club, and at the corner of W. Exchange and N. Portage Path.
Reservations are recommended from  <http://www.coachhousetheare.com>
www.coachhousetheare.com, by calling our box office at 330-434-7741.

 

The Cast

 

Tracy Lord --- Tess Burgler

C.K. Dexter Haven --- Joe Pine

Mike Connor ---  Jeremy Jenkins

Liz Imbrie ---  Holly Humes

George Kittredge ---  Derrick Winger

Margaret Lord ---  Dede Klein

Seth Lord ---  Richard Worswick

Dinah Lord ---  Amelia Britton

Sandy Lord ---  Scott Shriner

Uncle Willie --- Henry C. Bishop

Thomas ---  Robert Showalter

Margaret Lord (understudy) ---  Karen L. Wood

 

 The Director

 

Nancy Cates is one of our two Artistic Directors. In past seasons at Coach
House she has directed Deathtrap, Doubt: A Parable, Steel Magnolias,
Barrymore's Ghost, Tonight at 8:30, Oh Coward!, The Gin Game, Present
Laughter, Sleuth and Royal Coach Award winners for Best Production Hay Fever
(2006-2007), Driving Miss Daisy, (2007-2008) and Leading Ladies (2009-10).
She is also one of the two Artistic Directors of the Ohio Shakespeare
Festival, which performs each summer at Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, as well
as periodically at Coach House and the Players Guild of Canton.

Nancy is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC). 

 

The Playwright

Philip Barry (1896-1949) was a prolific playwright, and many of his works
were comedies of manners. The Philadelphia Story, arguably his best known
play, was written specifically for (rumored lady friend) Katherine Hepburn,
who played Tracy Lord both on Broadway and in the popular 1940 film, which
also starred Cary Grant and James Stewart. The movie won two Academy Awards
including Best Actor for Stewart. The play was also adapted into the popular
1956 musical movie High Society starring Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly and Bing
Crosby. Barry's play Holiday (1928) was also made into a film starring Grant
and Hepburn, in 1938.

 

 

And don't miss the rest of Coach House's fantastic 2011-12 season: 

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, January 26-February 19

A Moon for the Misbegotten by Eugene O'Neill, March 22-April 7

Move Over, Mrs. Markham by Ray Cooney and John Chapman, May 10-June 3

 

Visit us at  <http://www.coachhousetheatre.com/> www.coachhousetheatre.com!

 

 

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